it the edge was a study funded by the jenny craig company published in the journal of the american medical associationthe magazine says there aren't many independently funded studies of diet plans. the other most effective plans included slim-fast, weight watchers and the zone. >>> so you got your jenny craig, you got your weight watchers, atkins, but there's a brand-new contender called the facebook diets and people say it works. dr. kim joins us with more. >> reporter: well, when it comes to weight loss, sometimes it takes a village. in this case, a virtual village. we're hearing about some inspirational weight loss stories where friends as well as strangers help you lose weight. it might look funny but joanna shrew does her hair and squats at the same time always being on the move helped her lose 80 pounds. >> when i got on the scale, it was about 208 pounds when i said oh, no, i need to do something about this. >> reporter: now she shares other diet tips on facebook. she says facebook can help many people lose weight. >> especially if they don't have the motivation if they don't have somebody to t

the american medical association in a written statement said, "physicians have more years of preparationn nurses. there is no substitute for education and training" and doctors are "vital to optimal patient care especially in the event of a complication." the american academy of family physicians led by dr. roland goertz doesn't see nurses taking over the role of a primary care physician either. >> you wake up tomorrow and you feel awful. i think that patient, for the best care possible for that patient to receive, is to go to a setting-- a practice-- that has all the team members available, including the team members with the maximum training. >> reporter: nurse practitioner maria irrera-newcomb, who works at the 11th street clinic, says she's had more than enough training with two to three years of postgraduate work to do basic primary care. she rejects the notion that people like her are trying to take over the job of the family doctor. >> there is definitely there are patients that as they get very, very complicated that as a nurse practitioner you find that okay, well, now i need a

the american psychological association in 1992. health care providers have agreed on the dangers. on july 26, 2000, the american medical association, the american academy of pediatrics, the american psychiatric association, the american psychological association, the american academy of family physicians, and the american academy of child adolescent psychology issued a joint statement on the impact of child -- sorry, on the impact of entertainment violence on children. an excerpt of the statement which was subsequently endorsed by both houses of the estates congress reads, quote, the conclusion of the public health community based on over 30 years of research is that doing entertainment violence can lead to increases in aggressive attitudes, values and behavior, particularly in children. in addressing whether a not media violence causes real life violence, skeptics have been quick to observe that some studies on effects of media violence has been flawed. and the correlation does not prove causation. millions of people you televised violence everyday without subsequent acting in an overtly violent fashion. they correctl

based on study published in a journal of the american medical association. >> more than 90 percent of participants were able to stay on the diet for at least two years and they lost an average of 8% of their starting weight. >>reporter: teresa says jenny craig with the pre-package food is what is working for her. >> jenny craig fit my life still because it plans out all the food i need to eat for my day, week, so i can worry about other things. >>reporter: the annual membership fee is 400 dollars although there are often special deals. now that includes weekly counseling sessions. package food is additional cost. i'm michael, 7 on your side. >>> when we continues here tonight. tough talk on the national debt. proposal to cut trillions in government spending p.put republicans between a rock and a hard place. >> women in business. why there aren't more women who have been able to break the glass ceiling. >> and important new earthquake research. how quake on the other side of the world like we have had lately can trigger changes here in a major bay area l fault. another half hour of new

if you love salt, new research may have you feeling better about using it, a study by the american medical associationays if you're healthy there may be no reason to skimp on salt despite the decades of warnings. belgian researchers found low-salt intake can increase your heart problems. cutting back is still a good idea especially if you're at risk of high blood pressure because there's salt in everything, loads of it. >>> d.c. is one of america's fittest cities and looking around on any given day, no matter what the weather you can also always find lots of people jogging, biking, packing the gyms. >> it is not easy work to do that. we're taking a look at fellow washingtonians and we have asked them what's your workout? >> my name is karen reyes, a stay at home mother of three boys and each preg nancy i was gaining more weight. at my biggest point i was 230 pounds. >> she was extremely overweight and very unhealthy. we sat down and worked out a workout regimen based on her abilities and strengths. >> mondays and tuesdays i'll come in and i'll do at least 30 minutes of cardioand 30 minutes of weight t

based on a study published by the journal of american medical association. >> more than 90 percent of the participants stayed on the diet for two years and lost an average of 8 percent of the starting weight. >> and theresa said jenny craig with the prepackaged food is why it works for her. >> it planned out the food for the day and week and i can worry about other things. >> okay, how much does it cost? jenny craig's annual membership is $400, and they awn have special deals to get in on. it includes weekly counseling session but the packaged food is an additional costs. >> that is helpful. >> a san jose teacher. this one is chosen for an elite nasa mission. she teaches science in the high school and soon she will tell students what she learned from the sophia program. that is the nasa program . the sophia aircraft is a modified boeing with a huge cell scope with studying asteroid and black holes. first flights will be this month and next month. >> what a fabulous opportunity. >> we'll talk about the forecast. it is blustery out there. >> the wind has picked up. it is gusting 25-30 m

their findings on which is so key, we haven't done medical comparisons about these diets head to head. the "journal of the american medical associationave to have that out there. it's important for people to know that. when you talk about how to pick, though, the best diet plan, a couple of medical caveats apply. number one, is it safe? a lot of diets can effect weight loss but can be dangerous to your health. in terms of caloric cal lease, not below 1200 as a woman, below 1600 as a man. when you're picking, you want to ask, who is managing it? are they nutritionists, diations, physicians, social workers involved? we have to remember one of the goals with these commercial diets is weight loss. the other is making money. so you want to do your due diligence. >> it's also important when you're looking at this, one of the things you looked at was how long it was sustained, how long people stayed on the plan. that's a big part of these. >> yes. when you're looking at a diet, you really need to consider what your personal eating preferences are. if you're a person who really doesn't like pre packaged foods, something like a jenny craig, a

the country used to be full of kind of substandard medical schools, producing people of -- doctors of highly varying quality. and the american medical association in particular kind of steps in and says we need to, you know, we need to get rid of the quacks, we need to have certification, accreditation, all of these things which are arrive anything the early 20th century in lots of different areas. but in medicine one of the results is the internship as a period of applied postgraduate as it were kind of learning, a transition period between your school years as -- in medical school, essentially, and your work as a medical practitioner. so those are the origins. and it takes, it takes a long time. it's, essentially, not until -- it takes several decades, not until the 1930s, 1940s that you see other fields, other industries kind of looking to this internship model and borrowing the word. and as far as i could tell, people may find a lot of examples. in the 1930s essentially just at the time when, no surprise, governments are vastly expanding because of the new deal and various social programs. and there's a push to kind of rationalize public ad

already are being denied care and personal choice that they deserve because the a.m.a., the american medical association, has said one in three primary doctors is limiting medicare patients. and more than one in eight of those doctors is forced to deny medicare patients altogether. our seniors already face the pain of a broken medicare system. yet, the democrats remain ostriches with their heads in the sand because they have no medicare solutions that they want to offer. perhaps i'm being too hard on the democrats. president obama perhaps speaking for the democrats, or perhaps not, has put an option on the table for addressing medicare spending. he did it in a speech at george washington university december 13. now, of course, we won't be able to vote on that here today because senator mcconnell said yesterday you can't vote for a speech. but at least we should consider the option that the president put on the table. in his speech, president obama suggested that we should control costs on medicare by tasking the independent payment advisory board that was set up under obamacare to do even more than what

the care washington has promised elderly americans. more and more doctors are having to turn away medicare patients. the american medical association revealed that 17% of more than 9,000 doctors surveyed are forced to limit the number of medicare patients they accept, and among primary care physicians, this rate is 31%. why? because we can't reimburse -- we don't have the money to reimburse them for the cost that it takes to provide that care. the american osteopathic association said that 15% of its members refuse medicare and 19% declined to accept new medicare patients. physicians and hospitals in my home state of indiana are feeling the pain from the congress inaction as well. hospitals like deconiis clinics say one-third of their patients are on medicare. when doctors are not receiving the necessary compensation for services on one-third of their patients it has a devastating impact on their businesses. if we don't reform medicare, we lose medicare. let me repeat that: if we don't take steps to reform medicare, we lose medicare. if we don't restructure the program, more patients will lose the care that they desperately need. m

the california pacific medical center. the american red cross provides all of our emergency medical. the san francisco bicycle coalition runs our volunteer program. california outdoor roller sports association provides the fund on eight wheels and also a lot of the sound equipment that we use at these events. city car share, bike and roll, blazing saddles, they city bikes all provide necessary resources. the port, san francisco federal credit union. the exploratorium. you will hear later about the fisherman's wharf looks joining us march 20. thank you. [applause] ms sunday streets is all about biking, walking, and getting there by transit, so these are all very healthy activities. speaking of health the activities, we are pleased to have the department of public health as one of our major partners. i would like to introduce christine from the health department. [applause] >> good afternoon. shape up san francisco is so excited that we are once again doing sunday streets. it is the perfect epitome of what shape of san francisco is about, creating environments that make it easy and fun for people to get out there and play, be physically active. liveable streets is incredibly important to this

medical association, are you bought and sold. >> reporter: sanofi paid $2.3 million to the north american thrombosis foundation which also wrotethe fda to warn of a potential of unaccept-- unanticipated adverse he ghentses from generic drugs. sanofi stands by its actions telling cbs news, where there is an appropriate forum for public discourse we may encourage experts in the field to express their own opinions. each made their own decisions to submit comments to the fda. but the society of hospital medicine tells cbs, we have learned from this experience, and sayses it has reshaped its transparency policy. >> the key to the relationships between physicians and industry is to foster innovation but to maintain the independence confi the profession. and it's important for the public to see that. >> reporter: the fda ended up approving the generic version of the drug in 2010 causing sales of lovenox to drop 20% to a still healthy $2.05 billion. nancy korzest, cbs news, washington. >> in sports this sunday a sunning stunning finish to the indy 500 on the races 100th anniversary. american rookie jr hildebrand was leading when he cr

the institute says high levels of flame retardants are associated with a number of medical problems including reduced iq in children. >>> everyone -- even though he was voted off american idol last week, he may still be on the show. at least on video. if american idol does decide to show that video it would air tomorrow night here on channel 2. if the decision is no, not to worry durbin is scheduled to perform during the finale on may 26. a special two hour american idol will air right here on ktvu tomorrow night at 8:00 then again on thursday at 8:00. >>> and the showers keep coming out there. live storm tracker 2 right now. showers in the east bay, parts of the north bay as well. it's been heavy, it's been moderate it's been light. we've seen it all today. we've seen up to a half an inch in some areas most of us up to a quarter of an inch. right now scattered showers, showers are light. it's coming down as drizzle. areas are showing drizzle and light rain. it's going to continue throughout the night. tomorrow morning the roads will be wet but i suspect from the sky the rain will quit falling for your morning commute. as we head toward the weekend, much nicer. nowhere

the institute says high levels of flame retardants are associated with a number of medical problems including reduced iq in children. >>> everyone -- even though he was voted off americanstill be on the show. at least on video. if american idol does decide to show that video it would air tomorrow night here on channel 2. if the decision is no, not to worry durbin is scheduled to perform during the finale on may 26. a special two hour american idol will air right here on ktvu tomorrow night at 8:00 then again on thursday at 8:00. >>> and the showers keep coming out there. live storm tracker 2 right now. showers in the east bay, parts of the north bay as well. it's been heavy, it's been moderate it's been light. we've seen it all today. we've seen up to a half an inch in some areas most of us up to a quarter of an inch. right now scattered showers, showers are light. it's coming down as drizzle. areas are showing drizzle and light rain. it's going to continue throughout the night. tomorrow morning the roads will be wet but i suspect from the sky the rain will quit falling for your morning commute. as we head toward the weekend, much nicer. nowhere to go but nicer because

the associated press reported that water quality testing across the nation uncovered trace amounts of pharmaceutical compounds in the drinking water supplies of millions of americans. the health effects of these low levels of medications diluted in our water are still being determined. but these findings further illustrate the fundamental relationship of infrastructure to health. the quality of water plays a significant role in public health. but reliable quantities of water play a significant role in public safety. [ sirens ] the water that comes out of the fire hydrants is the same water that you are utilizing to drink out of your own faucets in your home. so it is critical that we have the best and optimal water distribution system that we can tap into. johnson: in the mid-1990s, the water system had just about collapsed. the district had just run into some very dire financial circumstances, and, when those kinds of things happen, the very first thing that goes is maintenance of those things that one does not see. egan: you have hydrants that were manufactured in the 1800s. you have underground pipes, you have underground valves. they get what they call tuberculin built up. you would compare it to a 100-year-old ma

medication. but shortages of nurses in school would deny care to thousands of students and violate their rights under federal disability laws. the american diabetes associationit brought the case to the attention of the white house. >>> new tonight at 6:00, california's high-speed rail officials will be meeting with representatives from spain this week to learn about running a high-speed transit system. spain has the second largest high-speed rail network in the world. this thursday, the california high speed rail authorities expected to sign an agreement with spain to share information about the best way to run such a system. on friday, the board and the spanish trade commission will take part in a conference in san francisco to discuss the economic impact of high-speed rail lines. >>> while the infamous fema trailers that house sod many left homeless after hurricane katrina swept new orleans could be traveling to joplin. if enough existing rental housing can't be found for missouri's tornado victims, the trailers will be brought in. nearly a third of the town of 50,000 was damaged by the storm. adequate housing wasn't available within a 55-mile radius. the

. >> in this morning's "medical alert" half of americans are living in areas with up healthy levels of air pollution. that according to the american lung association's pollution on -- report on pollution today. harford county and city cannot do as well and both received an "f." >> smokeless cigarettes. a victory for e-cigarettes heat up a liquid nicotine solution. they had been considered a drug-delivery device. they will not be subject to the same stringent regular layings. they could still be regulated as a prescription drug if marketed for therapeutic purposes, like a stop-smoking aid. the f.d.a. has approved a vaccine for children as young as nine months old. the typical drug for men jitis is given -- menigitis is only given to those over 11. the c.d.c. has not yet recommended the vaccine be added to the standard immunization list for children. >> a damaging -- how damaging a hit to the head can be for teenagers. a conference to help educate students and coaches about the dangers. >> hundreds of high school athletes were in timonium yesterday learning about the dainls of concussion. -- dangers of concussion. >> it is the potential of a serious b

poll from the associated press says 71% of americans feel the high cost of gasoline is causing their families some hardship. some have scaled back vacation plans. other s stopped filling medicalons in order to put gas in the car. here with new ways to add cash to your wallet, farnoosh torabi. good to see you. >> you, too. >> trying to save on monthly bills. where is a good space to start? >> your utilities are a fantastic place to start. we spend 6% to 12% of our income on gas or electric. call up your utility company and simply say you're having a tough time or you want to reduce your bill. if you're a senior or low-income family you may equal for an income-based payment plan. you're not going to pay more than you can't afford. and everybody should call their utility company and ask for a free home energy audit. basically a technician comes to your house, looks for leaky ducts, make sure your insulation is okay, your ventilation is working well. and they say that those sort of inspections can save people about 20% on their bills. >> wow. 20%. >> hundreds of dollars a year. >> that's a nice chunk. another bill that seems to keep going up with the cable bill. you say we can cu